The sources of the Irates de Facto newspaper at the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) insist that an unprecedented number of ARF-D members have lately left the party. “Even in Yerevan the number of defectors is threatening. Both the ones that joined the ARF after it formed part of the ruling coalition and the ‘long-standing’ members are leaving the party. The former are discontent with the party’s opposition policy, while the latter believe the ARF goes on deviating from principles and executing the authorities’ orders. The party has ‘aged’ lately, which arouses serious concern as well,” the newspaper writes